Lateral Meristem correct answers produces increased diameter of a plant
Rhizome correct answers is a horizontal underground stem
Node correct answers The point on the stem where the leaves attach
Pith correct answers The center-most tissue of a stem is called...
Root Cap correct answers Structure that protects the apical meristem of the root.
Shoot correct answers A young stem with leaves
Xylem correct answers Vascular tissue that becomes the wood of the tree.
Herbaceous correct answers Stems that have very little woody tissue.
Caulescent correct answers These type of plants produce ordinary leafy stems with
appendages, such as leaves and flowers growing from their nodes.
Osmotic. correct answers Water absorption by roots is a _____________ process.
Phloem correct answers The inner part of a trees bark contains the vascular tissue?
Auxin correct answers Most Plant growth responses to environmental stimuli are
produced by the influence of the hormone _____________.
Primary correct answers This type of growth provides an increased length.
Secondary Growth correct answers This type of growth produces increased diameter.
Tap Root correct answers A persistent, well developed primary root is a ____________
root.
Transpiration correct answers What process pulls water from the root Xylem causing
water to move into the root from the soil?
Elongation correct answers What region causes an increase in the length of root?
(involved in primary root growth)
Adventitious correct answers A root growing from the lower portion of the stem is
called________
Root Cortex correct answers An Area for food Storage.